Sardou, the famous dramatist, was born in

6. exemplaires d'amateur, lit., "book-lover's copies," i.e, specially bound and illustrated copies.

7. la tranche épaisse, non rognés, with thick leaves and uncut edges.

8. Ce que c'est pourtant que la manie d'observer, that, hoivever, is the rcsult of having a mania for taking notice.

Page 12. — 1. M. de Sainte-Beuve, one of the foremost literarv critics of the nineteenth century, was born in 1804 and died in iS6ç

La Vision du Juge de Colmar

2. Colmar, in Alsace, was the former capital {chef -lieu) of the Department of Haut-Rhin, which was annexed to Germany in

3. l'empereur Guillaume (William I), ascended the throne o* Prussia in 1861 and was Emperor of Germany from 1871 to his death in 1888.